Calamaistr's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[first try with piano&guit]

no offence meant but probably will be

why this is in the top of all time is a mystery to me, this whole track is extremely, let me repeat that.. extremely boring.

the same three chords are repeated endlessly without any further melody, nor any elaboration or accentuation with only a MEAGER percussion at the end.

yes, thats the best thing about it and it only lasts 6 whole seconds.

unbelievable that something like this even got attention at all.

:l

Doumaaa responds:

Sometimes simplicity is beauty ;) Well it's your opinion so thanks for that. I agree it doesn't change much and could use a lot of fixing, but it's just a melody that came to mind when first trying to record piano and then adding guitar layers. The drums at the end were just for fun, I was (and still am) learning my way in fruity loops.

[[DJP] Space Indians]

meh

its ok, the beginning reminds me alot of wrath of the black manta for some reason, most of the track is a bit bland, not alot going on to make it interesting sadly.

DJPureSuffer responds:

Never heard wrath of black manta, ill go check it out. thanks for the review :)

[Deadly Spider Vixen [Genesis]]

a little bland

and why do you always do cool stuff at the very end. :'[
no, its still much better than what most people upload on the ng i think im just used to things that are more elaborate than this from your hand. :)
Its solid though.

EmperorCharlemagne responds:

Sometimes I just get a simple melody that i have to churn out...

Thanks for the honest opinion- I'll try to spice things up on my next Genesis piece.

)

[October moment]

sounds more like a intro than a track

Its rather basic, and has a bit to much reverb if you ask me but that might be my own preference, i personally hardly ever use any.

It does pull me in believing theres something coming after but it just ends, thats a shame cause like i said in the summary, it comes over as a intro.

Shiroah responds:

Yeah, it needs continuation, i agree. Maybe I'll make some later) Thanks for a review.

[Sunracer (SWERVE)]

i like the organ

this shows your not a bad composer you just sometimes make bad songs (space bugs).

You should keep making music like this, its pretty cute.
Oh and very realistic rock drumming, thats something i cant do. :)

F4LL0UT responds:

Thanks for the comment and for the high rating. Well, I don't really want to stick to any kind of genre but who knows, maybe in future I will do more stuff like this. It actually completely depends on what kind of jobs I will get since most of the music I make is for video games.

Btw: It's funny that you took the Space Bugs theme as an example for a bad song because it was much better received than this one. Personally I also wouldn't ever admit that the Space Bugs theme is bad. True, it's not a masterpiece, but I think that it's a good piece, especially as part of the game that I composed it for.

Anyhow: Thank you very much for being my first reviewer. :)

[Agamemnon [16bit]]

sounds ALOT like coming from FF7

Its just exactly that sound. No criticism here. :)
Pretty cool, so now bring me to the boss, i will defeat him with my overpowered sword of a thousand explosions.

EmperorCharlemagne responds:

Well, it WAS made with Squaresoft soundfonts :p

Back in the day those guys were masters of the SNES soundchip, I'll tell you what.

[The Elephant Man [Genesis]]

1:00 haaa

took me by suprise, before that i wasnt much impressed it all sounded a bit like a clutter of background, no offence meant ofcourse but i just missed a standalone melody some way.

But at 1:00 it made sense like it was going there all along. (you probably just meant it as a refrain ;l )

EmperorCharlemagne responds:

I'll admit at certain parts i kinda wished for more clarity, but on the whole, I am pleased with the final product.

I kinda liken the entire song as one large jam section with a refrain at the end (kinda like Armored Armadillo from Mega Man X), so your assessment is not too far from the truth.
Glad ya liked it!

[8-bit Backsteinhaus [wsk]]

original work?

well done, will check you out sometime again.

wandschrank responds:

Yes, original work of course, I even played it myself with my keyboard instead of clicking it. ;P

Thanks for your review. New stuff will come soon. ;D

[I Drank The Wrong Potion]

haha what is this

i dont recognice shit in it :P

but its a nice compliment that something of mine inspired you though, you really shouldve added the vocals though, thats the best part imo. ;)

There should be a potion collab now that i think of it hmm.

ill 5 it for the effort and gesture btw, greets -cal.

treyhaur responds:

I know, I really muddled it up :)

I used a bit of an awkward sample from the song to make it. I did get the "I have a potion" line in there but I didn't get the vox to shine through as much as I wanted (they're buried in the background under an ass load of reverb).

Definitely let me know about a potential potion collab cause this was pretty fun in itself.

Thanks for the review!
Trey